Events
World Philosophy Day at Humble Sea Brewing Co.
Humble Sea Brewing Company 820 Swift St, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesWorld Philosophy Day? Yes, it is a thing! Falling on the third Thursday of each November, World Philosophy Day celebrates the value and practice of philosophy. This year, The Center for Public Philosophy and Humble Sea Brewing Co. are partnering to celebrate together. Come join us! Featuring an Ask-a-Philosopher Booth staffed by some of your […]
Tzutu Kan: Maya Hip Hop
Kresge Town HallTzutu Kan, hailing from what the Maya considered the belly button of the Universe -- Lake Atitlan in the vernal Guatemala highlands -- is a painter, sculptor, bio-builder, activist in the defense of native peoples, and hip hop artist who lays down rhymes in the ancient Mayan languages of Tz'utujil, Kaqchikel, and K'ichee. Presentation […]
Isa Blumi – “The Ottoman Refugee and Euro-American Colonial Terror: A Global Story”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States"The Ottoman Refugee and Euro-American Colonial Terror: A Global Story" Although the majority of Ottoman refugees in the 1878-1912 period remained internally displaced, significant numbers found their way to new continents, themselves in the throes of colonialist expansion. These pioneers’ stories require looking into the larger context of modern exploitation economies under which these Ottomans […]
Julie Livingston: “Self-Devouring Growth – A Planetary Parable”
This talk, like the book from which it is drawn, calls into question the imperative of economic growth, tracing the unintended consequences of escalating consumption. Using a series of linked cases of successful economic growth (water, roads, and cattle in Botswana), it shows how insatiable growth, predicated on consumption, will inevitably overwhelm, a process Dr. […]
Don Rothman Endowed Award in First-Year Writing Ceremony
Humanities 2, Room 259Please join the Writing Program in celebrating UC Santa Cruz’s ninth annual Don Rothman Endowed Award in First-Year Writing ceremony. UCSC VPDUE Richard Hughey, Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall, Writing Program Chair Tonya Ritola, and Writing Program faculty members will be attending the ceremony along with this year’s six winners and their families. Please RSVP by completing […]
The Maghrib Workshop: Sovereignty, Crisis, and Narratives of Belonging
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe Maghrib Workshop: Sovereignty, Crisis, and Narratives of Belonging Part I Morning 8:30 am transportation from Hotel to Humanities 1 by carpool. 9:00 am Coffee and Introduction 9:30 Camilo Gómez-Rivas (UCSC) “Sanctuary, Refuge, and Displacement to the Maghrib during the Reconquista.” 11:00 Ashley V. Miller (UCB) “Designing Moroccan Heritage on the Economic Battlefield of World War I.” 12:30 Lunch Afternoon […]
Linguistics Colloquia: Gabriella Caballero
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesGabriella Caballero, UC San Diego: The Interaction Between Lexical and Grammatical Tone in Choguita Rarámuri (Tarahumara)* The cross-linguistic study of tone has largely focused on its lexical phonological properties, its phonetic implementation and interaction with other prosodic phenomena, but the morphological role of tone is still under-documented: What kind of morphological information may tone convey across […]
Save the Waves Film Festival
Patagonia Outlet 415 River St C, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe 10th annual Save The Waves Film Festival presented by UGG brings its west coast tour home with an epic evening of live music and international surf films at Patagonia Outlet in Santa Cruz, CA on Thursday, November 8th. The night's festivities will feature world premieres of surf, adventure, and documentary films, as well as live […]
Living Writers: Valeria Luiselli
Humanities Lecture Hall, Room 206 UCSC Humanities Lecture Hall, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesValeria Luiselli, Hofstra University, is a novelist and non-fiction writer. She is the author of Faces in the Crowd, Sidewalks, The Story of My Teeth, and Tell Me How It Ends. Twice nominated for both the Kirkus Prize and the NBCC Award, she is the two-time winner of an L.A. Times Book Prize, a recipient […]
Rachel Gross, The Jewish Deli Revival: Buying and Selling American Jewish Nostalgia
Humanities 1, Room 520 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesIn recent years, there has been a nostalgic resurgence of interest in the Jewish deli menu. Restaurateurs and purveyors of Jewish food are deliberately making American Jewish food fit for the twenty-first century, emphasizing sustainability, local produce, and a nostalgic longing for family and communal histories. By selling and consuming a revitalized deli cuisine, American Jews […]